My wife and I currently live in a nice neighborhood in a 1200 ft 2 bedroom 1 bath, on about a third of an acre.

Now my HO6 premium went up and thanks to centralized/online recording, my primary house insurance went up by $200/year b/c they detected this loss incident under my SSN/Home Insurance policy.2)Now here is the situation that impacted the showing of the house and getting prospective tenants/students for next year's rent in a timely fashion.

The nice thing is that they want someone to pay the taxes, so they are likely to be friendly to you.

A second bath is nice, but definitely not worth the investment...especially in a place like Jefferson Park where your tgt mkt is predominantly families.  

In 80% of America you can build a nice home under $100 a sq ft.

It will be nice for you to be stateside for awhile.

In my market, tile and nice vinyl plank are more desirable for that price range...Sorry to not answer your question.

Nice to see another Portland native on here (even if I'm late to the welcoming party!). 

In many rental areas were all our brothers and sisters are buying cash flow rentals outside tankless water heaters would be stolen just like condenser units LOL My parents just did a new build w/ tankless outside also (in a locking closet), it's nice.... but not sure these types of upgrades fit a"4-plex, C property, 2/1, built in mid 60's on a slab with very little insulation" and "I understand you get what you pay for, and I plan to retire with these apartments, but just going back on my own with my property management company, I need to be very cost conscious.

I'm not sure it would return what you have to put in it to make it nice again. you might take some bids on the pool before you decide.